Dana Oshiro is a General Partner at Heavybit, where she manages programs and marketing. She joined in 2014 and has led positioning for over 50 companies, including Snyk and Tailscale.
What Dana can write
Heavybit writes $500K to $10M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- Heroku · senior technical marketing
- Code for America · senior technical marketing
- Heavybit · General PartnerNow
- NetShelter
- Salesforce
- Heroku
- Code for America
- Heavybit · Operating PartnerNow
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Who is Dana Oshiro?
Dana Oshiro is a General Partner at Heavybit, where she manages programs and marketing. She joined in 2014 and has led positioning for over 50 companies, including Snyk and Tailscale.
How much does Dana Oshiro invest?
Dana Oshiro invests through Heavybit, which writes checks of $500K to $10M at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Dana Oshiro?
A warm intro from a founder Heavybit backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.
What did Dana Oshiro do before Heavybit?
senior technical marketing at Heroku; senior technical marketing at Code for America; NetShelter; Salesforce; Heroku; Code for America.
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